A discussion of Public Domain must begin with reviewing two standard definitions of the term “Public Domain.” The first definition relates to content being published or made available to the public, ...

From films featuring the Marx brothers and early Betty Boop, to a Faulkner classic, and "Body and Soul," these artistic works ...

There's no doubt that open-source software and that in the public domain are similar. But even experts differ about just how closely linked they are. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 ...

Mickey Mouse, one of the most iconic cartoon characters of all time and Walt Disney's most endearing creation, is now in the public domain: The copyright on the landmark animated short Steamboat ...

As the ball dropped over Times Square last night, all copyrighted works published in 1923 fell into the public domain (with a few exceptions). Everyone now has the right to republish them or adapt ...

Information that is available to the public is excluded from export controls. However, there are differences between how the ITAR and EAR treat this exclusion. They share the idea that publicly ...

Jan. 1 is Public Domain Day, meaning artworks from 1929 (or 1924 in the case of sound recordings) are now free for all creators to use and abuse to their hearts' content. The works of art, music, ...

On January 1, three early Mickey Mouse cartoons entered the public domain in the US, and AI experimenters have wasted no time taking advantage of it. On Monday, a digital humanities researcher named ...

LONDON - DECEMBER 15: A rare Winnie-the-Pooh book showing an inscription from author A.A. Milne asking for artist E.H. Shephard to decorate his tomb is displayed at a press preview at Sotheby's ...

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The jurisdiction of the general public. It refers to intellectual property that has either been voluntarily placed in the public domain by its author or that has passed its copyright, trademark or ...